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How many parking spaces does my business need in Canton Township?

From the Section 4.01.C schedule, the ratios you will use most:

  • Retail stores: 1 space per 150 square feet of usable floor area, plus 1 per employee on the largest shift.
  • Planned shopping centers: a flat 1 per 250 square feet of gross leasable area.
  • Standard restaurants: 1 per 65 square feet of usable floor area plus 1 per employee. Bars and lounges: 1 per 40. Carryout: 10 per counter station plus employees. Fast food: 1 per 50 square feet of eating area plus employees plus 10 stacking spaces per drive-through window.
  • Offices: 1 per 250 square feet gross; medical and dental at 1 per 200.
  • Manufacturing: 5 spaces plus 1 per employee or 1 per 550 square feet, whichever is greater; warehousing: 5 plus 1 per employee or 1 per 1,500; multi-tenant industrial buildings: 1 per 400.
  • Places of worship: 1 per 3 seats. Hotels: 1 per guestroom plus employees.

Distinctive Canton rules: total parking may not exceed the minimum by more than 10 percent, and the Planning Commission may raise or lower a requirement on a traffic generation study (Section 4.01.C.6). Fractions of half or more round up. Stalls are 9 by 19 feet with 22 foot aisles at 90 degrees (Section 4.01.D.2). New construction adds electric vehicle capable, ready, or installed spaces per Table 4-1 (Section 4.03). Uses not listed borrow the nearest similar ratio (Section 4.01.C.3).

Sources

Full text: Canton Township ordinance on Municode (Code of Ordinances, Appendix A Zoning; Supplement 65, current through 2026-04-22). Applies to districts: C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4, O-1, LI, LI-R, GI, MR.

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